- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Interview with Lawrence And Vaughn Eller Part 2, Towns County, Georgia, 1978 April 15
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1978-04-15
- Subject:
- Old-time music--Georgia--Towns County
Folk music--Georgia--Towns County
Eller Brothers
Banjoists--Georgia--Towns County
Fiddlers--Georgia--Towns County
Guitarists--Georgia--Towns County
Guitar music (Country)--Georgia--Towns County
Musicians--Georgia--Towns County
Towns County (Ga.)--Social life and customs
Towns County (Ga.)--History--20th century
Shape-note singing--Georgia--Towns County
Baptists--Georgia--Towns County
Songs
Field recordings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Forsyth County, Hightower, 34.30621, -84.21464
United States, Georgia, Towns County, Hiawassee, 34.94926, -83.75739 - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Part two of a two-part recording. Art Rosenbaum interviews Lawrence Eller, banjoist, and Vaughn Eller, guitarist, in the Hightower mountain community in Georgia. They recall Hightower and Hiawassee in the early 20th century, playing music at the local Baptist church, shape-note singing groups in the area, and discuss the difference between mountain music and country music elsewhere.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2423-02
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2423-02
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:14:25
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
